Evil bikes launched the big wheeled Wreckoning back in 2016, 5 years on and this downhill game changer now comes with 166mm of rear wheel travel and will happily run a 190mm RockShox Zeb. With 29in wheels and that much travel the 2021 Evil Wreckoning could be the longest travel, 29er enduro bike on the planet.
But just because you can doesn’t mean you have too. Evil designed the 2021 Wreckoning to run on ‘just’ 160mm on the front with the flip of a chip.
Sure downhill is what the Evil Wreckoning is all about, but you do need to get up those hills first. A steep 77° gives the bike a pedal-friendly geometry, and with a longer reach and 64.6° head angle, it’s no slouch on the way back down.
Updates aren’t only travel and geometry deep, the bike also receives Super Boost spacing, a 157mm wide rear hub, short chain stays and a wider main pivot and larger hardware to prevent flex.
Keeping those cool carbon lines clean is full internal hose and cable routing, and huge amounts of stealth rubber to keep your chain from digging into the carbon and cutting noise.
Watch the Evil Wreckoning launch video
Full details on the Evil website.
2021 Evil Wreckoning updates
- Pedal Forward Geometry – Steeper 77° seat tube angle. Longer reach. Designed for a 44mm offset fork with 170mm travel.
- Longer. Slacker. Fast AF. – Longer reach. Faster heats. Head tube angle of 65.2°. Stretch out, son.
- Wheelie short chain stays – Make Bikes Shred Again. Short 430mm chain stays mean wheelies for days and manuals for months.
- Longer Travel – 166mm of Metric Trunnion travel. For, like, crushing trail and stuff.
- Fully Internal Cable Routing – Guided internal tubes for a clean look, easy setup and even easier maintenance.
- Super BOOST Spacing – Stiffer in all the right places. 157mm rear axle spacing. Unified one-piece rear triangle.
- Wider main pivot. Larger hardware. – Increased stiffness and strength so you can flex on your riding partners instead of your bike.
- Stay quiet. Stay deadly. – Stealth rubber with Sound Mounds, rubber sound-cancelling chainstay protectors.
- DT Rubber – An internal impact foam in an internal cavity provides more protection against impact.
- Direct Injection Chain Guide – An integrated chain guide indexed for 30/32/34/36 chainrings features built-in silencing rubber.
- Silence of the Linkage – Sealed dual row angular contact bearings with Klüberplex grease means bearings that last even longer.
- Trunnion Mounts Actuated via custom dual row angular contact bearings, the Trunnion mounted shock feels buttery smooth off the top.
- Slimmer Seatpost – Updated 30.9 seatpost.
